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On your inner ceiling did you fair and then sand or just sand the print of the roving flat? Their will be a couple of spots that have the print thru and was trying to figure out the best course to smooth it out. Thanks

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The bead looks good to me tho maybe someone with more experience will probably speak up. it just looks like they didn't fill in the bottom so they wouldn't have to grind it flat. Did it get a little thinner on the opposite side of the first picture?

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wow! looks great!

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so i tried to pull out the one board to replace the settee seat but still kept running into really solid build so it went from this settee1.jpg but it was getting pretty hard to pull out so settee1.jpg and after that it just looked so easy to do work like painting and grinding and such it went to th...

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So that is what i have been doing. Ive been wooding! Looks good.

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Another Three long days of sanding. I went back to the boat and took off the rest of the wood trim. It just keeps appearing, but i finally got it all out. I disassembled the step in to the boat as well and brought that home, the hatch boards and the board that holds them in. I brought the table home...

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It doesnt yet, but i had read they are somewhat out of balance a little lightwieght up front especially, with a full load in the cockpit so a couple put that same amount in the same place and they said their boat sailed better after that. I had thought about doing it myself and was just wondering if...

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Another day of sanding. I had the door to the head, drawers, locker doors, and the compression post to work on today as well as the cockpit coamings. I had already got most of the sanding on the door done and the cockpit coaming had been fairly well stirpped with 40 grit paper. Here is what i starte...

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No pics today but i did get some stuff done, although not as much as id like since my generator refused to run today. I had plenty to do though and got lots of little jobs taken care of. I got about 6 more layers of the biax on one of the holes. While it was hardening i scraped the last of the barna...

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I was curious why you put the extra ballast back in? I had read that about three hundred lbs helps bristols hobby horse a bit less in that position on bristol owners. had you read anything else on it or have another source? Id be interested to hear how she sails once she is in the water.

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thanks! yea im pretty much just working all my days off on her. Digging right in seems the only way to learn i've found. Ive got a lot of ideas and they are slowly working out. The couple that own the bristol 29 seemed to think the teak would restore so that is good as well. we will see. I have the ...

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So up until now most of my work has been as a mechanic. I was a helicopter mechanic and restored a couple cars and worked on a lot of motorcycles than i can count. So most of my theory on sailboats has been academic. I learned a lot today. Mostly I learned i dont know what "kicked" means. ...

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Thanks for the tutorial. first the boat: boat2.jpg She's a bit rough but a good solid boat. I started by cutting away the v berth wood so i could patch her from the inside. cutaway.jpg I then ground out both holes. ground out .jpg i did sand them flat later and ground out the smaller one more as wel...

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I really need to get some up. Im so illiterate to posting im still trying to figure out how to get them setup on a photo site so i can post them here. On a related note, I got the tides mast track on today and pullled 5 thru hulls and the transducer. I managed to get the marine toilet out and pulled...

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everything is looking wonderful! what are you using for plywood?

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Well after a long adhd inspired hiatus while i dealt with a new baby and a new job yada yada, finally got serious and got a bunch of parts for the boat. On the way, is new seacocks, thru hulls and more epoxy than i can use as well as new running rigging and blocks. I ordered a new main a year ago wi...

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I have a bristol 27 and am wondering what size line should i use for the outhaul block and line? thanks.

Josh

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congrats on the electrics! Hope mine go as well. With the spreader length yes i was referring to length the spreaders to maintain the angles being the same. I was under the impression it was a mandatory when moving the chainplates outboard. Did you say the opposing angels must simply be close then? ...

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just out of curiosity how did you calculate the new spreader length and rigging length to make sure the angles stayed correct when you moved your chainplates outboard?

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Thanks for the tip on the monitor. Thats what i was hoping to puzzle out with the other two guages.

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I found the answers in the ericson thread. THere is lots of good information there.

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Im setting up all led interior and nav lights with three flourescent lights as well. I looked over voltage drop calculators but am still rather confused so figure i would make it easy and just ask. SO for the masthead anchor and spreader deck lights i would say ten guage to ensure three percent drop...

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so a question on headsail sizing. outside of having a spinnaker what are your preferences for a light air hanked on headsail? Would you get a 150, 160 or less? Assume there is a 110 or 120 for when the wind comes up. What weight cloth would you use? Any features you would build in to it? Partial bat...

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yeah that doesnt look like fun, but it builds character Im Sure. I just measured my big headsail that looks new and it looks like its for a much bigger boat so off to the classifieds section for it. The other is storm jib sized with triple stitched construction and like i said not used at all. So lo...

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Ahh it was a good day at the boat! Once i sat down and called dirk at national sails ( a shameless plug I know but he has been great) I got my sail ordered, and yes looks like a standard rig. My thanks to gary for weighing in on his boom height for me it really made things easier. I did wind up gett...

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I measured my sails and the luff is 26 foot 3 in and foot is 11 foot three. So i guess it originally had the tall rig setup.

The foot is a bolt rope so unless anyone advises against it will probably go with a bolt rope foot again.

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I went to the boat the other day and took some pictures so from the top of the track shown here http://crossedimages.com/Other/The-Celtic-Cross/13662903_sLjG9#1203343529_aq4jx Measuring where it terminates below the slots for the sheave to the top of the mastgate is 29 foot 2.5 in. the mast gate is ...

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Overall its not so much whether i raise the boom or not. Being able to sail with a bimini up would be nice tho. Really it was the discrepancy in the luff length I've seen on line. From the top of track to the top of the sail gate is 29 foot 2 inches and the gooeseneck is about 3.5 inches so the room...

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Does anyone have any insight into how far from the base of the mast the boom height should be on a bristol 27? I've looked at pictures online and it looks like it actually is above the sail slot gate which is only 18 inches above the base. What would be the effect of making a main sail smaller to ge...

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Try spurrs guide. It goes over everything you are looking for.

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Im pretty much needing to replace the sheaves no matter what. they are the originals and have deep grooves cut into them, so i figured i would go ahead and convert them now. THe boat is pretty much all original. right down to the main. My wife jokingly said "hey great so we can sell it as an an...

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Ive searched and read most of the posts but they dont seem to reference loads. Can I use Garhauer cheek blocks on the side of my masts at cabin top level for turning to lead them aft? Would it be the 30 series? Or would it be better to snap shackle blocks to padeyes or use a mast plate with leads on...

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thanks tim, that answers my question.

Im also ordering a strong mast track and like your triton my slot entrance for the main is well above the gooseneck. If i make them aware of that will they include the lower extension so i don't run into reefing problems or is that always an extra part?

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Since sailing season is approaching its time to figure out what i want on my new main. Im debating between two reefs or three and 6.4 vs 7.4 oz cloth weight. How fast would the windspeed be to need for the first, second, and third reef? Im assuming the tritons perform similar to my bristol 27. This ...

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I went to the boat yesterday to actually look it over and pull out the sails and search through the boat lockers. I got a pleasant surprise. There is a brand new 80 or 100 jib and what looks to be in new condition 140 or 150 Jib as well! Got lucky there. there were also some soft but useable older j...

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part of the reason I no longer have long hair! (no pun intended)

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LOL, is anything on a old boat not a 2 person cursing job? The marina has a mid eighties maybe 27 to 30 s2 that is being scrapped and offered at salvage. I didnt have time to go over her when i was there to drop off the boat but first thing is to look over for any improvements like winches hardware....

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No there is not! I am very stoked about it and the marina has a very active sailing club.

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Im definitely not thinking about separating the joint. and to be honest it doesnt look like its leaking now, but like you say who knows what it does out when sailing. It will be interesting to see what happens with a pressure sprayer but the perfectionist in me say pull it all up its 43 years old. o...

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It was! lol. the rig was 13' 9" A 14k trailer comes in a 24 inch deck and would handle the weight plus you could drop the mast down to the deck which would drop about 20 to 22 inches as well as lower the COG. Might max out the payload capacity though. Unfortunately 20k flatbeds are all 36 inche...

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Won't sanding the non skid area break into the core? Im facing the same dillemma.

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actually i have three kids (due to a recent marriage) and one on the way. LOL But yes i thought about the forward post all the way home. Good point i would add one if i did it again.

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OK so how do you know if you will have a water tight deck hull joint? I have to paint the deck and hull and given my experience in car restoration that would mean removing the all the trim and hardware to do it right. So In order to repaint the deck I figure i remove all the hardware, ports, stanchi...

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So my Bristol is now home. Photos can be seen here: http://crossedimages.smugmug.com/Other/The-Celtic-Cross/13662903_sLjG9#997491585_LxFyg In the next day or so Ill play around with uploading the actual photos to the site. Anyway about two months ago i found a bristol 27 outboard version with no out...

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So i finally got my bristol 27 home! it was a long haul and i thought i would share a few things about it and perhaps start a trailering thread about lessons learned and setups used. It took roughly five 16 hour days to go from iowa to chicago to load the cradle which i bought used then to callao vi...

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Thanks guys. I wound up having to reschedule the pickup. The trailer prolly would have worked but no antisway bars and just too many safety compromises. Luckily every thing worked out with storage and i should be able to get the original gooseneck to rent. The measurements do help though.

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Thanks chuck.

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Thanks chuck! That looks right as well but its nice to have it confirmed. Can anybody give me a measurement from the center of the back port to the tip of the bow? What affect would it have to have the bow hang over the truck bed if it can clear? I think on a gooseneck it would be ok yes? How bout o...

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Anybody have a guess on where the center balance of a bristol 27 or more specifically where it should be on a trailer in relation to the axles? I read a bunch of posts on the tritons and the keels are very similar, but not sure i would trust that. If i could come up with where to put the boats fixed...

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Looks like next thursday im heading back to virginia to pick up my boat. i was wondering about trailer size and bed size. I've got a 30 foot flatbed gooseneck lined up to buy but unfortunately it was stolen and we may not be able to get it out of impound as its now "evidence" in time to ta...

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